(male announcer) live from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 4:00 a.m. start announced. >> we have picked ourself up. we have fought our way back. and we know in our hearts, for the-america the best is yet to come. >> good morning i am james fletcher president obama winning the vote last night. >> good morning i annie hong. he went a for more your bid. it was a tight race. >> before he gets back to work this morning early this morning he took some time to celebrate his victory with his supporters right here in chicago. >> (cheers & applause)

an identified crowd greeted president barack obamas early wednesday morning. he says he is ready for more years. >> and your struggles five return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead. >> his reelection comes after a nail biting night of returns the president defended his home turf in one of several critical swing states including ohio pushing him over the 270 electorial vote marks. >> i want to thank every american that persist in this election. >> he had been in state statistical dead heat with challenger mitt romney who conceded the race was the morning. >> in the weeks ahead i look for to sitting down ago and romney. >> in the event it was his true blue supporters the present thank and praise. >> michelle i have never loved you more apparent to the best campaign team and volunteers in the history of

politics. >> to the voters as promised, and better presidency. (cheers & applause) we will continue our journey for and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. >> at this very hour still no official results from the battleground state of florida. despite that cnn is projecting the president actually picked up more than the 270 collect oral votes needed as far as the president goes. he will return to washington later today. >> reporting live from chicago i'm renee marsh back to you. >> mitt romney took to the stage late last night to concede that rise. he spoke briefly in a speech very different from the 1 hours earlier. more on the former

massachusetts governor last words. >> in the early hours of election day he said he called president obama and the race was over. >> if i so wish that i have been a will to fulfill your hopes and leaving the country in a different direction. the nation shows another leader. so and and i join with you too earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. >> the move was a stark contrast to his announcement in june 2011. >> i believe in america and i'm running for president of the nine states. >> and to the crowd to welcome him on a last minute a election day trip to the critical state of ohio and pennsylvania. >> thank you for your work. you guys are families. thank you so much. >> neither state went rummies way making it impossible for him to pick up the two month 70 elect four votes needed to win the presidency. >> the nation as you know is that a critical point, at a time like this cannot risk

partisan bickering and political posturing. >> we may have battled fiercely but it is only because we love this country deeply. we care so strongly about its future. >> romney also talked about the country's future. >> i believe in the people of america. i ran for office because i am concerned about america. this election is over. but our principles and door. >> we are also falling some california proposition is that to solve the ballot yesterday. this is proposition 30 here is our turn out over forming support for proposition 30 to increase education tax. it was billed as a tax hike to rescue the state's school. it was supported by governor jerry brown. it will raise $6 million annually by increasing the sales tax by a quarter cent for four years in raising income tax on the wealthy by

3 percent for seven years ticket of the brown has emerged victorious in this year's election the measure was leaving just over-- earlier results showed the measure cruising slowly but it can gain momentum after 2:00 a.m. with a difference of more than 500,000 votes. in a rally just before midnight brown declared victory sang the overstate of camelot ossicles. >> people would not otherwise agree on many things came together they can to get from many reasons. the core reason that brought people together in support of proposition 30 was the belief in our schools and our universities and in the capacity of the state government to make some wise investments that will benefit all of us. that is what proposition 30 was all about. >> proposition 30 now the first general tax the californians have passed in two decades. voting to tax themselves. here's the

results of a competing measure proposition 38. you can see here it went down in defeat 28 percent wanting in but a whopping 72 percent say no to proposition 38. it would increase the income tax rate on a lot of californians 14 years of nearly $18 billion per year. >> the election now cooling down so is our weather erica has a look at our forecast. good morning erica. >> good morning to you any. cool conditions on tap fog along the coastline. some issues of visibility not too bad as we take it outside to our mount tam cam. we will see the sun shine that will be evident. breezy conditions temperatures will drop off. later in the evening hours the fault will return and we will see an increase and cloud cover. >> here's a look at your numbers 49 napa. 48 in

nevada. low fifties for vallejo concord. 57 of around our bay shore is. into the afternoon futurecast 4 predicts into the 3:00 hour '60s and may be low seventies. those are your afternoon highs significantly cool conditions and to the evening hours mckesson to motion about 8:00 the blue stars to fill in on your screen indicating where will see the '50s. '60s and '70s in the south bay with mountain view at 68. 74 santa clara. 71 in campbell. to the east bay mostly sunny conditions upper 64 walnut creek. 65 for castro valley. the ashley broke records yesterday oakland included. not the case today to set mild day around the bay a helmet at 68 and 64 in san francisco. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast its shows we are tracking a cold

front pushing through the gulf of alaska. high pressure begins to break down we will see that coming in behind it. whit that cooler air the potential for some will start to try things up by the weekend, temperatures will climb slightly. getting to the traffic department bridges looked fine. the approach bay bridge toll plaza no problems of openness to the city as well. san mateo bridge looking live drive is 12 minutes from end to end. southbound 101 has to drive in the fall. for the drive with extra caution. the ride clocking in at 22 minutes out of novato into the city. the time now is for 08 we have to take a quick break. the kron 4 news will @ñ

voters in four states passed ordinances that legalize

marijuana. said it would allow people to possess small amounts of marijuana. washington state has become the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana. the measure passed in colorado and massachusetts. a break through victory for the gay- rights movement. maine, maryland, and washington have become the first states to approach same-sex marriage by popular vote. that wrecks a 32 state street dated back to 1998 which gave marriage was rejected by every state that held a vote on it. gay marriage is legal in six states and washington d.c. those laws or domestic by lawmakers or true or roofs. meanwhile minnesota rejected a proposal to ban gay marriage to the state constitution. >> the republicans maintain control of the house of the resrecidivist. both parties need to find common ground.

there was a dent in the majority by knocking off 12 republican house members. including tea party backers. >> meanwhile democrats did take control of the senate. we have a house divided. steel pcs were bred in massachusetts in indiana. turning aside republican challenges in virginia and ohio. president obama will again be the dealing with a divided congress we will see if they can work together to get anything passed. >> senator dianne feinstein has conceded. >> the senior senator from california was once mayor of san francisco and on the eve of her reelection to the u.s. senate she peppers of praise for the city its current mayor. >> also has skills to manage the city and is a tough city today is because this so the first. you have to run the

city of from the center of the political spectrum. i really want to say how much i respect to. >> praising feinstein said she hopes the country will come together for president obama. the time is 413 a m. we will be back on the kron 4 morning news stay with us.

we are back at 415 and in the second update of the weather. >> good morning erica. >> drastic trained as a head we do have dense fog in fact this morning especially close to to the coastline. and look at visibility 5 mi. for novato 6 highway 37 and through napa. we are seeing 1 mi. visibility for you to those of you using highway 37. that fog is hanging around was the for the next couple of hours. i also on the cool side upper 40's for napa of novato. 51 in santa rosa. 52 in daly city. as we head into the afternoon the fog will start to burn off in we will see more sunshine. we have another sunny day, but temperatures significantly cooler to what we enjoyed yesterday's. yesterday's decline into the upper 80s for some spots today, barely making of the seventies. 71 for fairfield. 72 for antioch. downtown to

a francisco at 64. 66 in oakland. satellite and radar shows high-pressure loosening its grip at low is starting to sneak in. we have moisture in the way of a cold front and the way that best coming from the frongulf of alaska. >> expected to be offshore for the most part waking up tomorrow morning the peak of your morning commute. as we progressed to the day we will see passing showers 10:00 a.m. we could see that for san rafeal. a couple of spots north of the golden gate bridge. that will continue to be the case a potential for a light shower. light in nature as we head into the afternoon. the to keep the chance for a lingering shower as we head into friday. with that we have the potential for a tussle. with that we could see some small hail and gusty winds may be a lightning strike as well. that is a slim possibility.

again we do have instability in the air. we would try things up by saturday and sunday partly cloudy conditions. we will gain a couple of degrees as we start the next were the morning fog and afternoon sun. >> in the traffic center i have not seen any accidents. we have overnight rolled worked but nothing to slow your ride. over to the approach bay bridge toll plaza at couple of cars. no place to talk about out oakland into the city. in fact, the drive is just 10 minutes from the foot of the maze. here is the san mateo bridge you are good to go. the taillight out toward foster city the bright lights coming toward you heading eastbound into hayward. southbound 101 drive with extra caution coming out of north bay. here on our traffic map the east shore freeway southbound 680 moves welcome the san ramon valley. north bound 101 could into san jose. no incidents or

interstate 280. bring on our row with censors no accidents to report. the drive 22 minutes from novato into the city. chains. >> thank you erica back to politics. it is four more years for president obama we have the will of his supporters and san francisco after the man. it was nerve wracking for some supporters the waning of the results to come in. the president won a critical swing state of ohio pushing him over the two budgets 70 mark. it conceded celebrating here. prior to polls closing obama and reiner in a dead heat. >> i am ecstatic. i am really excited for the future of the country. i am proud that america shows the way for. >> is like a football tell it party. is it is like a football tell the party atmosphere but everyone is at a great site. >> i am so happy because i

really wanted obama to be here because i am new here and i'm really happy. >> it is like a million dollars or more years obamas baby! >> off the president thanked supporters on twitters sang " we are all in this together that is how the campaign. >> taking a look at some of our local propositions. proposition 37 which is a genetically engineered food labeling initiative trailing pretty badly. the initiative back fired-- backed by food industry and consumer groups would have required that fresh produce a package of the level if they contain or might contain ingredients that had been genetically altered in a laboratory. you can see people are so far voting no with more than a 4,000,528. 53 percent sang know. with 90 percent of the precincts reporting. a yes vote on

proposition 37 would require food labeling make a genetically modified plants and animals. we heard from voters of all side of the issue. >> i am a big advocate for knowing exactly where your food comes from. what animal he. what they're eating and knowing what they are eating. so i am voting yes on proposition 37. >> it seemed like a good idea but i realized it was the great arguments that would put a lot of pressure on small grocery stores which is mostly where i shop. those people that i know i do not want to read more of a burden for them. >> more than a dozen states this year introduced labeling bills but all of them failed. richmond voters overwhelmingly said no to a tax on soda and other sugary drinks. backers on the measure at argued the tax will reduce consumption of soft drinks of blame for top

child obesity while to raise revenue for youth programs. businesses would use millions prices would go up for consumers. here's a look at the latest numbers on measure and. the richmond so the tax. only 33 percent saying yes. 67 percent sang know. that is 100% of the precincts reporting. by a to one margin voters said no to the tax. the measure was only able to garner a 33 percent approval. >> we will be back in just a minute as we continue to bring you the latest election results on this day after

welcome back. the tightness for 20 5:00 a.m.. we have been following the election on facebook and sweater. bronze doors reporter joins us from the newsroom to wrap up our social media coverage. >> trying to keep our finger of the pulse of the internet and social media i'm here with our social be as expert. it's this is been an amazing event some record breakers. >> in more ways than one twitter which previously said a record with 80 some thousand sweet for minute during the olympics. that was quadrupled in the hide of a election fever. >> sell 20 million tweets. >> 20 million swiss for elections 2012 before the result in came in people got fired up. >> was photographed with out by the president before the networks called the election.

>> the obamas victory tweet. a picture of him embracing michelle with the words for more years. that set another record on twittered. we got nearly half a million tweets. he posted the same photograph on facebook within an hour it had more than a million hits. >> this is remarkable in many senses of the word it runs from the ridiculous to the sublime. some of the comments that were being made. >> the silence was deafening from the romney can. you did not hear much to route the night. >> that was somewhat typical of his campaign he is less engaged less emotional. on social media and some of his pieces as well. he kept his silence done election results are coming in when he posted it was a simple photograph sang thank you. >> a lot of the comments to were that the concession speech was gracious but basically have quieted down and nonexistent at this

point. >> yes. on the internet they thought his speech was sincere in they had wished for that kind of sincerity of this campaign. in the minutes after the obama victory tweet discussion about romney stop on facebook and stopped on twitter. it is a dead stop at this point on the internet. >> a technical question with all the traffic on the internet of the suites, the system did not go down. >> i think it must have been the they were prepared to bear that it beefed up their technology. that is because of the aquair credit quite a bit. >> thank you viki at 427 a m. we will take a quick break we will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news. stay with us as we go here is a more of your election results. ñgñg

(cheers & applause) aphakia--thank you >> when your the crowd chanting for more years as president obama address the crowd. costs he prepares for another four more years in the white house. it was just hours when the president accepted the man from his home state of chicago that the entire nation found out the results. that is where we find renee marsh she is recapping the psychic fight for the president. >> (cheers & applause)

and electrified the crowd greeted president barack obamas early wednesday morning. he says he's ready for four more years. >> with your struggles i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do in the future that lies ahead. >> his reelection comes after a nail biting night of returns the president defended his home turf and won several critical swing states including ohio pushing him over the 270 electable more. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. he had been in a statistical dead heat and challenger mitt romney who conceded the race wednesday morning. >> in the weeks ahead i also look for to sitting down of the romney. >> in the and it was his true proves supporters of president thank and praise. >> michelle i have never loved you more. to the best campaign team and volunteers

in the history of politics. (cheers & applause) and to the voters a promise for a better presidency. the we will and always will be denied it states of america and together with your help and got grace we will continue our journey for and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. >> that was renee marsh reporting. on the other hand mitt romney took the stage just before lunch a.m. eastern time to concede the race. he spoke briefly in a speech very different from the one he set out as early plan to give. emily smith has more on the massachusetts governor last words in his can stay. >> in the early crop hours after a long a election day mitt romney said he had called president obama and the race was over. >> i so wish the guy had been able to fulfill your hopes to leave the country in a different direction. but the nation to another

leader and so and and i join with you to earnestly pray for him and for this great nation. >> the move was a stark contrast to his announcement in june. >> i leave in america and i'm running for president of the nine states. >> and to the crowd to welcome him on a last-minute a election day to the critical state of ohio and pennsylvania. >> thank you thank you for your work. you guys are fabulous thank you so much. >> by the statement rummies way making it impossible for him to pick up the 270 electorial votes needed to win the presidency. >> in the nation is at a critical point at a time like this can not risk partisan bickering and political posturing. >> president obama and congratulate paul ryan and romney on a hard-fought campaign. >> we fought fiercely only because we love this country deeply. we care so strongly about its future. >> romney also talked about the country's future. >> i believe in the people of america (cheers & applause)

i ran for office because i am concerned about america. this election is over what our principles and doom. >> back here closer to home some of the state propositions that more hotly contested leading up to yesterday's election proposition 30 been one of the bid was we saw a lot of media coverage about. that is the one that would increase education tax. if as you can see 54% of voters approved pop proposition 30. now that has that it will hike tax rates to rescue the school system supported by governor brown. it will raise $6 billion annually by increasing into things. one excels tax by a quarter cent for the next four years. also raising income tax on the wealthy by 3 percent that will be in place of the next seven years. governor jerry brown was stumping hard for this and he did emerge victorious in yesterday's election. the measure was leaving with just over 53% to 47% with

most of the precincts reporting early results. the measure was losing earlier and gained momentum about 2:00 a.m. this morning. in a rally just before midnight brown declared a 3. >> people would not otherwise agree on many things came together they came together for many reasons. but a core reason that brought people together in support of proposition 30 was the belief in our schools and our universities and the capacity of state government to make wise investments that will benefit all of us. that is what proposition was about. proposition 30 the first general tax passed in two decades. california's voting to give themselves a tax. proposition 30 a competing measure down in defeat. 7 to 2% of voters said no to proposition 38. proposition 38 would have put in place a

in context to help came to 12 schools to help desk as been held nothing to alleviate the $6 billion deficit the budget would be hit with come january 1st. >> for 30 6:00 a.m. on your wednesday morning as i was driving in i saw fog erica how's the weather looking?. >> then saw this morning especially for the coast. we have problems with visibility in the north bay as well. into the afternoon the fog will start to burn off. we will see more in the way of sunshine. because of that we will see temperatures on the kola side. it will not be a day for tank tops and shorts. it will not be a day for the beach a lush green sweatshirt. yes it is sunny but cooler conditions. temperatures getting into the low seventies at best. as we get into tomorrow we have significant changes. we will see scattered showers in the forecast. it will not be a big rainmaker. some locations could accumulate a quarter inch of rain and that is pretty much did. it

would not be widespread. spotty at best. a possibility for thunderstorms that chant continues into friday. looking into the weekend and will be a dry run to score around the bay. as we take a look at your afternoon highs '60s and '70s and the south bay. free much as 68. seventies santa clara. los at 72. 70 expected in palo alto. mostly sunny skies and the east bay. said the one at fairfield walnut creek 79. upper 64 petaluma the bottle in san raphael. 71 and napa berkeley 66 degrees. '60s in ocean beach. satellite and radar shows high pressure starting to break up with a low pressure sneaking in we do have rained on the way it will be in shasta county waking up to morning. it will make its way to the bay area as we walk through futurecast 4. it looks like

by 8:00 p.m. sitting offshore not into the 10:00 hour we will see sprinkles more of the golden gate bridge. advance in the clock to 1:00 p.m. we have the potential for a stray showers. cloudy, cool conditions. by the 4:00 hour some light rain for half moon bay, pacifica, and san rafeal. >> that look it extended forecasts in a bit. as we take it to traffic the approach to the bay bridge plaza looks good. a handful of scholars. the metering light cycle off. the ride is just nine minutes from the foot of the mason to fremont this morning. the centel bridge looks good traffic is building in the west bound direction towards foster city. southbound 101 has fog so drive with extra caution. at 4:38 a.m. we have to take a break the kron 4 morning news will be right back. stay with us.

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a.m. more measures to update you on. voters in three states pass measures that legalized preparation in all use of marijuana. the proposals in colorado, oregon, and washington law those possessed small amounts of marijuana. the drug will be subject to state regulation and taxes. washington state has been the first becomes legalize recreational use of marijuana colorado always on the list. as of this similar we will explore crop morning. a victory for the gay rights movement. main md. washington has become the first states to approve said sentiment by popular vote. that breaks a 30 tuesday streak dating back to 1998 which marriage was rejected by every state that had voted. gay marriage is legal in six states and washington d.c.. those laws were enacted by lawmakers in through court rulings. >> closer to home in california taking a look at

proposition 37 which is basically a measure that would require labeling raw or processed food offered for sale at the food plants. it has been defeated. 53% of the voters voting no. the us take a look. a yes vote on proposition 37 requires food labeling sold to consumers may from genetically modified planter animals. we heard from all sides of the issue. >> i am a big advocate of knowing exactly where your food comes from. what animals eat, what they're eating in knowing what carrying. i voting yes on proposition 37. >> it first seemed like a good idea but i realized i read some great arguments that it would put a lot of pressure on small grocery stores, which is where i shop. it the other people i know and i did not want to create more of a burden for them. i thought was a good

effort but was not implemented the right way. >> more than a dozen u.s. states introduced labeling bills with all of them failed. >> we will take a quick break as we go more a election results here on this wednesday morning after tuesday's election.

gas prices are finally dropping in california for the first time since august. return to reporter jackie sissel who joins us live. >> good morning annie. no matter who you voted for last night win or lose everybody has got to be happy about what is going on with gas prices. you can see the top number. at to

set the first time since august as prices here in the state of california have falling on average below $4 a gallon. which is good news. for the consumer. obviously here in the state of california we always pay a bit more. in fact let us take a look at the numbers according to aaa what you will pay for a gallon of gas. in the state of california is at $3.93. that seems kind of tie but consider back in august we were looking at $4.67 per gallon. that means is down almost 70¢ in a month. this is great news. san francisco still one of the highs in the country at $4.80. $3.90 in san jose. $3.92 in oakland. obviously everybody wants to see the prices to continue to go down. 70¢ in 30 days that good news for the consumer. >> we will take a jackie

thanks so much of a live report. >> let us turn our attention to whether in traffic as we get an update on your wins they forecast. it looks like the heat wave, the many heat wave may be coming to an end. >> erica would you know. >> james i hate to break it to you today is a transition day. and had a record- breaking heat yesterday. oakland broken record. today we have showers on tap dance fog we will see sunshine into the afternoon. it will be significantly cooler contending with the cooler air now. 54 in downtown san francisco. 50 in concord. visibility not good in the north bay. down to half a mile for napa. under a mile for santa rosa highway 101. we do have dense fog in the north bay along the coast as well. right around 1 mi. round half moon bay. cloud cover and low line fog is going into our coastline.

drive with extra caution allow yourself extra time. your afternoon highs shape up to be significantly cooler. fairfield 71. 72 for antioch. downtown san francisco at 64. 66 in oakland. mostly sunny conditions however, breezy out there. we will see cool air. satellite and radar shows high-pressure are no longer in control. we have a relatively cold front dropping in from all of alaska. with that we could see shower's instability associated with the system. later in the morning for tomorrow that would continue into the afternoon hours. by friday the system is almost two hours out. again we do have wet weather to contend with may be a pop up thunderstorm as well especially along the coast. futurecast 4 8:00 it looks like the moisture is sitting

offshore we advance the clock put into motion 10:00 a.m. we could pick up a stray shower north of the golden gate bridge. cloud cover an arctic air associated with the system. 1:00 p.m. maybe rain for half moon bay pacific and the north bay as well. bring an umbrella for out the day you may never know when a shower could hit you. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows in to the weekend drier conditions still unseasonably cold it looks like we will gain a couple of degrees as we scarfed the next work week. in the traffic center no hot spots. we did have overnight roadwork highway 4 to pittsburgh you concede that amount--southbound 101 looks

good despite the dense fog we do not have any accidents to report. drive with extra caution is foggy in this area. as we take it to our traffic maps you will see the green on the roadway centers out of novato pass highway 37. our east bay freeway west bound 580 starting to see slow traffic coming out of tracy-locke with altamonte pass. red and yellow on your screen indicate speeds around 35 mi. per hour. a little faster approach in downtown livermore note issues at the 5 80/86 interchange. >> a number of local officials are celebrating in san francisco after president obama has been reelected. san francisco mayor ed lee joint u.s. senator dianne feinstein and celebrating. mayor lee thanked the city for their continuing support. >> it is never about winning

or losing it is about the opportunity to work for each other. that is how the giants did it. (cheers & applause) they worked for each other we get an opportunity to work for our neighborhoods do the right things for the city make our cities strong or make a beacon for jerry brown. make a beacon for the state of california and we will be barack obamas a beacon for the nation. (cheers & applause) meanwhile senator dianne feinstein to kerrigan victory in california. feinstein is heading back to the nation's capital in the sea for a fourth term. she defeated her republican opponent. the popular 79 year-old former san francisco mayor campaign on her legislative record over three terms. she is up in both political parties come together a compromise. >> i am very hopeful that we

can send a message of bipartisanship. the two sides to come together that we can talk together. that we could come up with constructive solutions to real problems and for get all the partisanship. and that could happen if a change the face of america in a very positive way. >> feinstein is a point opponenn on to most struggle to stay in the race. >> the california secretary of state's office says the were no major voting problems and the state. more than 3000 californians call the voting heinlein mostly tax about the location of their polling place. it was a similar situation in san francisco. >> for the most part it has been a small collection considering a presidential election has a higher turnout and other elections. you have more people doing something there is a chance for more a challenge in its

to occur. nothing unusual for a elections. i do not know what the turnout will be. i know that the past 10 presidential elections the turnout has been 71%. that is sort of the marker to see how this alexian compares of the presidential elections. >> many people stop by and author mellon ballots. as long as you were in line by 8:00 p.m. last night your vote was counted. >> will take a quick break it is for 50 3:00 a.m. stay with us will be back with more headlines. here's more a election result as the gulf.

>> welcome back. elisa kennedy a 96 rollcall worker was honored by secretary of state. for being a poll workers. and for serving the longest here in california. she has been helping out for the last 75 years in san francisco. she was presented the medallion awards for the national association of secretaries of state. >> i just enjoy it in joy. and meeting a lot of nice people. everyone should get out and vote. >> i remember hearing that the most memorable election was the kennedy election. even though she is 96 years so she plans on working the polls again in two years. >> here is your 7 day

around they forecast the winds of change are blowing are the mid '80s that we have been enjoying inland for the past few days. our highs may be 72 degrees and it looks like it would only cool as we head into thursday and friday. also into the weekend we will get a complete look at your forecast with erica in a bit. still ahead on the kron for morning news president obama addressing america as he win another bid for four more years in the white house. meanwhile mitt romney address to supporters as well we will have a recap of what he has to say. later on the kron 4 morning news we will sit down with political and ianalyss michaelyaki and what this meant going forward.

(male announcer) live from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> (cheers & applause) there you have it four more years president obama there waiting at the crowd victorious after last night's win beating out republican challenger mitt romney. let us get live to chicago his hometown renee marsh standing by with a live report this day after. renee. >> the newly reelected president obama now has to face some on finished the business namely that looming fiscal clip. before getting back to work the president took some time to celebrate that victory here at his election night headquarters with supporters. >> (cheers & applause)

and electrify crowd three greeted of president barack obamas early wednesday morning. he says he is ready for four more years. >> with your strokes los i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever. about the work we have to do in the future that lies ahead. (cheers & applause) his reelection comes after a nail biting night of returns. the president defended his home turf and won several critical swing states including ohio pushing him over the 270 electoral vote mark. >> i want to thank every american who participated in this election. >> he had been in a statistical dead heat with challenger mitt romney conceded the race wednesday morning. >> in the weeks ahead i also look for to sitting down and go and romney. >> in the and it was his true grwill support the bank. >> michelle i have never loved you more. to the best campaign people and

volunteers in the history of politics. >> to the voters and promise for a better presidency. >> we are ever ever will be the united states of america and to gather with your help and got grace will continue our journey for and remind the world just like it is that we live and the greatest nation on earth. >> all right, the president and a first family will wake up here in chicago that will make their way to washington d.c. later today. we are live in chicago i'm renee marsh back to you. >> thank you in a for a live update from chicago. >> meanwhile former presidential nominee with mitt romney conceded the race last night. spoke briefly in a speech different from the one he had planned to give. neither of the critical swing states of ohio or pennsylvania went for romney. making it impossible for him to pick up the 270 electorial votes

needed to win the presidency. romney said he called president obama who congratulated romney and paul ryan on a hard-fought campaign. >> the nation as you know is a critical point. at a time like this we cannot risk partisan bickering and political posturing. i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to leave the country in a different direction but the nation chose another leader and so san and i join with you too earnestly pray for him to for this great nation. >> romney ended the night surrounded by his family his wife, and five sons and joining him on the stage after his speech at the boston convention and exhibition center. >> let us take a quick break from politics we will get back in a minute. a quick update with weather and traffic morning erica. >> good morning to you james. it is foggy. record- breaking temperatures we saw yesterday and the rain we are expecting tomorrow.

temperatures in the '40's and '50's into the afternoon. sunday but preconditions. the fog returns to the coastline ahead to the later hours. for those of you leaving the house downtown tampa cisco of 54. 57 in san jose. concord 50 degrees. i will show you where the numbers will head into the afternoon and my next report george. >> is a great start to the morning commute we are not tracking any hot spots. we're not looking at in the slow traffic for high with four or interstate 580. the quick you check shows by traffic around the bay area weather in the east bay, south bay, peninsula with and what they ride. at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic very light now with no delays either to or across the upper deck. james. >> thank you george back to politics. as expected republicans to maintain control of the house of representatives after yesterday's selection. the

voters of both parties to find common ground on issues like repairing the economy. democrats did put a dent in the gop majority by beating out 12 republican house members including 10 members of the tea party backed freshman class of 2010. democrats maintain control of the scented holding on to their narrow majority grabbing to seize the were formerly held by the gop in massachusetts and indiana. democrats put down republican challengers in virginia and ohio. president obama will again be dealing with a divided congress. >> a us talk about a bit proposition in california the largest with proposition 30. that is a temporary tax increase the governor planning his budget around this. he came up with his budget he could not get the legislation to increase taxes so he put it in from the voters. the california budget with a $6 billion hold and the government itself in the governor hoping to fill it with proposition 30. that raises $6 billion to a temporary

tax increase at quarter increase on the sales tax and income tax increases. it looks like it is passing with 93 percent of the precincts in an 54% on the yes side. the county breakdown orange county republican stronghold down in southern california voting 61 percent against. los angeles county voting in favor. marin county one of the wealthiest voting in favor of proposition 30 with a 68% margin. the tax increases 1% increase for people making too much of 50 to 300,000. the 2% increase people make it a privilege to 5000. thus defied logic thousand more at 4% increase. this is retroactive to january 1st. the competing measure was proposition 38 the difference was that the money is for the general fund it was geared to to schools this year but after that was for the journal on. proposition 30 guarantee the

money will go to great paper 12 for education. proposition 38 going down big with a 72% of voting against. >> bank said a lot mark as we continue our coverage here the day after the big presidential a election. here's more from president obama speech last night. >> tonight and the selection you the american people reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long we pick ourselves up. we have fought our way back. we know in our hearts that for the united states of america the best is yet to come. (cheers & applause)

bp--today is a very sunny but cooler conditions in to the afternoon temperatures in the '60s and

'70s as we head into tomorrow we have the potential for scattered stray showers pretty live in nature i do not think we will see a quarter of an inch of rain. it is possible as we head into friday as well. with that instability we have potential for thunderstorms. into the weekend cool and dry conditions and a bit of a bump in temperatures as we start the next work week. futurecast 4:03 p.m. today '60s and '70s around the bay. the blue on your screen indicates where we will see the '50s. i want to backtrack your afternoon highs '60s and '70s and the ♪ [ female announcer ] nature exists on the grandest scale... ♪ ...and in the tiniest details. ♪ and sometimes both. nature valley granola thins pack the big taste of granola and dark chocolate into one perfect square,

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>> to five tennis the time a break through for gay marriages. that brings in 32 state streak dating back to 1998 in which gay marriage was rejected by every state they had it up for vote on the ballot. now that trend has been broken gay marriage now legal in six states and washington d.c.. those laws were either enacted by lawmakers or the court rulings. this the first time the people of the state's approval gay marriage. meanwhile, minn. rejected apple to get a marriage they constitution. >> voters in three states bowden on measures that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana and they said yes to pot and washington and in colorado. also oregon and washington state voted on this. allowing a small amount of possession of pot. the drug is subject to state regulation and taxes.

washington state becomes the first to legalize recreational use of pot at a colorado as well. both states may in the and showdown with the federal government to come. oregon on the other hand voted no on that. >> a moment ago we heard from president obama during his celebratory acceptance speech last night. now will play a clip from the gop can and mitt romney in his conciliation speech. >> i do not believe there is ever been an effort in our party that compared to what you have done over these past years. thank you so very much. (cheers & applause) thank you for all the hours of work for the cause the speeches and appearances. for the resources and the prayer's you gave deeply from yourselves and performed magnificently aspired us and you come with us. you have been the very best we could imagine it. >>

we are back is 5:15 a.m.

giving a live look on our left side in our roof camp the san mateo bridge on the right. a little bit of fog. let us find out the latest on today's forecast. >> good morning james. we have locally dense fog especially in the north bay. as a ticket live to the golden gate bridge. the drive with extra caution the same abies applies to napa, santa rosa and around highway 101. two and half miles of visibility those of you committing to half moon bay. some of the flaw in one we are seeing some pickup on our east bay shoreline. 5 mi. of the ability for oakland. seven and concord. relatively clear conditions for fairfield and interstate 80. looking at the temperatures it is a chilly start to morning. cold air coming in high-pressure no longer a place. upper '40's for the back of napa. 54 in richmond. into the afternoon you will see some warning as this is a

transition day. of the sunny skies cool conditions because of the fall. upper 60 low seventies here. seventies for santa clara 68 in sunnyvale. of the sunny skies as yet to the east bay fairfield at 71. 69 at walnut creek. thus in to end at 74. 68 union city. satellite and radar shows low pressure moving in. we are to care comin are tracking a cold front pushing in from the gulf of alaska. with that we could see scattered showers. nothing to organize. futurecast 4 shows in to the 8:00 hour rain sitting offshore. this is the peak of your morning commute. it will be a dry one except cloud cover and cool air associated with the system. tam light rain north of the golden gate bridge. into the afternoon keep an umbrella and the in case we could see a straight shower but only for the afternoon and into the evening hours as well.

we will keep the instability around chance for a light rain as we head into friday. do not be surprised if we experience a pop-up thunderstorm. gusty winds especially along the coast. saturday and sunday looks to be dry. looks like sunny conditions in to the afternoon temperatures start to rise as we start the next workweek. 5:18 a.m. that is your weather and traffic with george. >> thank you erica. we have been keeping an eye on things around the bay it is unbreakait great commute on the freeways. light traffic this morning. no delays on any of the approaches are any problems on the upper deck. on the san mateo bridge we could hope for a likely began today. we have seen some better conditions but we will wait and see it at about 730 if things start to back up. looking at your ride to the golden gate bridge foggy here this morning but no delays to

traffic and the southbound direction. i here comes a car southbound. there was construction until 5:00 there may have been some delays at the top of the hour. there are no longer they picked that up. looking at the traffic maps check drive time spirit 14 minutes hercules to berkeley. walnut creek to dublin 16 minutes. and 80 minute drive from 85 to 237 for your trip to the south bay which looks good. a 23 minute commute time from the bottle to the golden gate bridge to marin county from 101 southbound. thank you george barrett 519 now we are following in the upper story. a to alarm fire at the home in new york. the group of workers are working. let us go live with our solo reporter mike pelton. >> the fire is out and the crews are beginning to wrap up their work here. near

marion and spruce and work. after the fire broke out after 2:00 a.m. this morning. crews say if people were inside the home when this broke out. one of the family members woke up smelled smoke and called for help. with the assistance of the new work a police department those five managed to get out of the house safely. the home taking the brunt of the fire. you can see beyond the latter inside the front of a home just how much damage the fire cause. you can see the crew is looking at the inside you can see blackballs lot of smoke damage. consider this crews say the fire started to they believe it started in the back of the home. this the front of the home you can see just how much damage by this at this light. no word on what sparked the blaze. investigators are trying to determine what caught the house on fire. crews are

poking around on the inside looking for hot spots. making sure this house does not catch fire again. the good news there are five people inside the home physically doing ok this morning. >> do you know anything about the story were they sleeping how they get out. >> it was to parents and three kids. they were asleep. fire crews tell me that one of them happen to wake up not sure if it was coincidently or if the hair a smoke alarm. one of them woke up smell the smoke, saw the flames and call for help. they assisted the family in getting out and getting to safety. everyone is doing ok this morning as you can see a little bit of work left to do for fire crews. >> a lot of great work done by the police and the fire department in new work. >> bring you updates on the propositions on state ballots proposition 34 would have repealed the death

penalty. proposition 34 was leading in the polls going down 53 to 47%. it started to gain some traction with california voters when they start to approach the financial angle. sang that only 13 executions have taken place in the state since 1978 at an average cost of $300 million apiece when you were on the appeals. california has been going through legal challenges about lethal injections of a last seven years that been no executions. it looks like there to be another year before it is wrapped up in the courts. now there are 13 inmates on death row awaiting execution who have exhausted all their appeals. the proposition 34 going down it does like we could seek a stay of execution and california come next year. >> thank you mark. we heard from the president last night during his big speech at the results came in. let us take a look at as they listen. >> a decade of war has

ended. a long campaign is not over. (cheers & applause) whether i heard your votes or not. i have listened to you. i have learned from you. you have made me a better president. with your stories and your struggles. i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever about the work for us to do in the future that lies ahead. >> (cheers & applause)

welcome back the time is 5:26 a.m. the election dominated social media conversation on election day. no surprise there. in the last election 37 percent of americans said they use the social network in sight. fast forward to now 2012, two-thirds say they are socially engaged. twitters

our rates of more than 327,000 tweets per minute. on facebook the number one term used variations of the word vote. meanwhile, is to cram all those raised some legal questions regarding photography at some polling places. >> let's continue with the latest on the state proposition is that we saw yesterday on the ballot. beginning with proposition 35 that is the human trafficking proposition. it is the it overwhelmingly passed with more than 7 million people say yes. 81% voting in favor of that that measure will implement longer sentence and bigger fine for him and trafficking. let us take a look at proposition 31 this was the one for the state budget which would create to your bus cycle instead of the one year we have now. as you concede this went down. 61 percent to 31%. people voting against this one. it would also allow the

government to unilaterally cut spending. we are sticking with a one-year plan not moving to the two year plan at this proposition 31 would have created. we'll be right back.

>> we had a chance to speak with governor brown last night. here is what he had to say about prompt 30. >> the core reason that brought people together for prompt 30 is because of the schools and the capacity of

the state government to make wise decisions. this is what proposition 30 it was all about. proposition 30 it is in uniform force and we have over came a lot of obstacles. yes on 38 and gas on our kids.0 and yes for our k >> we have been following all of the propositions. proposition 32 when down. they defeated a provision that would be for union dues. the no on 32 vote

showed in favor of the unions. a 11 million in funding for a yes on 32 was for groups through arizona. 32 appears to have when down 56 to 34. >> this would have taken drivers who maintained and churns their ability to take their good driving to any insurance company. their rates would have increased. funded by one man. he is the man in charge of mercury in insurance. >> it is 5:36 a.m.. a lot of

people stayed up late watching the race. this morning we want to take a look back at president obama speech last night. >> we are not as divided as people suggest. we are greater than the sum of our individual assumptions. and we were made more than a collection of red and blue states. the united states of america. with your help and bows grace will will continue our journey for it. we live in the greatest nation on earth and i want to say thank-you america and god bless. >>

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is now 5:40 a.m.. richmond voters said no to a tax on soda and other shikari drinks. opponents stated that businesses would lose millions of dollars in sales and prices would go for consumers. voters said no to this new tax and this mameasure was only able to get half. >> we will bring you sound from new candidates talking last night and thanking each other. >> i want to thank my friend and partner america's happy warrior the best vice- president that anyone can hope for joe biden.

>> i want to thank paul ryan for all that he has done for our campaign. and for our country besides my wife and paul is the best choice and i have made.

>> i saw was that i would have been able to lead the nation. and and i join with you to harness would plapray fo >> that was mitt romney as he spoke last night in his concession speech. >> we have developing new is to bring you that the airlines are canceling flights out of the nornorth east due to a another storm coming. these flights coming

out and no work and at jfk and many united passengers have been rebuilt. delta airline pan and u.s. airlines have issued-- >> this is a much smaller storm system compared to sandy. it is already dropping ran along the jersey shoreline and parts of new york. what we are concerned about is that we do have cold air coming with it and it will be freezing rain and snow. there also be high winds and we are concerned about flooding. with this storm system may be new flooding will basically hamper the efforts that they are using to rehabilitate this area.

>> let's take a live look at the golden gate bridge. you concede there is a little bit of fog and very light traffic. we are wondering what we are waking up to because we have had a few nice days in a row. we might be getting back to reality. >> two elements and play right now is that we do have cool weather in place. we do have dense fog. if you think this is bad you should check out napa and santa rosa. however, out the door it is 57 degrees and--as we take a look at the visibility chart through 1 01 is just a half mile before napa. some

of the fog and cloud cover is filling in the land as well. you should drive with extra caution. good news is santa afternoon it will left and we will see mostly sunny conditions. it will be upper '60s and '70s for the south bay. and to the east bay we will see mostly sunny conditions for fairfield. another pretty nice mild day for the north bay. napa will be as 71 degrees in downtown san francisco will be at 64 degrees. it looks like berkeley and oakland will be at 66 degrees. >> a transition day for

tomorrow. we are tracking a cold front that we may see showers. it will be pretty scattered. the light rain was still set off shore but a lot cool arctic air will command.e in. this was also be the case for hour after known for tomorrow. keep that umbrellas handy into friday because we will still have isolated thunderstorms for the area. this will be the case for the coast and we may see some winds that are associated with it. saturday and sunday look to be dry but the temperatures will start to rise. >> it is still a great

commute around the bay area. there is a accident that is coming in. highway 580 commute is doing well. let's start with our bridge check. westbound 80 it is just a little bit of back up in the left lane for the cash area. san mateo bridge is without the delays and the drive time is an 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge is foggy but is problem free. we are updating your drive time it is now 14 minutes from hercules to berkeley. the ride through the salmon run valley is still good it is from 16 to 18 minutes. 101 and 28 all still look good in the south bay. the north

bay ride is still without delays. >> if you have the gas up this morning prices are continuing to drop in california the prices are below $4 for the first time since august. >> it does not matter whether your candidate won or lost last night this is a reason for you to be happy if because for the first time since august gas is under $4 a gallon in the state of california. this is a great nose for the consumer and this has been troubling for the past few months. several refineries when down which caused prices to go up. california right now is that $3.93. this is off a high of $4.66.

this means that we have seen a drop by 70¢ in just the last 30 days. san francisco is at $4.80. these numbers for all coming in from aaa. i am sure there are a lot of people who are upset about the election results but hey let's be happy that-has dropped. this is really good news for the consumer. >> i think we may be having a problem with your mike daria. we will take a quick break and we'll talk more about politics.

>> after ohio was called to be a win for president obama. this is a picture of

them and this tweet has shattered the records. three weeks are still coming in even at this early hour in the morning. president obama must tweet has had this many followers. >> another victory for president obama. it is now 5:56 a.m.. >> we have been enjoying warm weather and inland will be in the warm 80s. we will gradually cool as we head into thursday and friday. things will be getting back to no. nonormal for november.

we will have all the results from tomoryesterday. will also talk about the first day center to hold office.gay cens office.

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